slmkhoo:

We used to get the flu jab every year when we lived in China, mainly because there were always so many things going around that having immunity to a few seemed like a good idea! We still get the flu jab annually now because we tend to travel at the year-end and want to reduce the odds of spending a short vacation being sick.


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floppy:

Also, don’t bother with the flu jab. Flu jab is only good for specific flu strain. However, flu strain mutates every year, which mostly renders the jab meaningless.

hercules:

slmkhoo:

Then get Hep B, Hep A, typhoid and flu if you haven't already had them. The 2 Hep vaccinations are lifelong if you've had the full courses before;

I really dont know who planted the idea in most of us that Hep vacs have lifelong protection coz I once seriously also believed so.

When my two kids were in their late teens and needed to get tested for Hep B for tertiary admission, my son's antibodies fell below the acceptable range and he had to be re-jabbed the three shots all over again, while my daughter's antibodies fell to a level that needed a booster jab.

Who actually told us Hep vacs have lifelong protection huh?

hercules:

slmkhoo:

Then get Hep B, Hep A, typhoid and flu if you haven't already had them. The 2 Hep vaccinations are lifelong if you've had the full courses before;

I really dont know who planted the idea in most of us that Hep vacs have lifelong protection coz I once seriously also believed so.

When my two kids were in their late teens and needed to get tested for Hep B for tertiary admission, my son's antibodies fell below the acceptable range and he had to be re-jabbed the three shots all over again, while my daughter's antibodies fell to a level that needed a booster jab.

Who actually told us Hep vacs have lifelong protection huh?

slmkhoo:

Then get Hep B, Hep A, typhoid and flu if you haven't already had them. The 2 Hep vaccinations are lifelong if you've had the full courses before;

Coolkidsrock2:

Thank you all for your kind inputs. Potentially going for community work in the rural areas so will want to be super kiasu and kiasi.

slmkhoo:

Coolkidsrock2:

Any recommendation for the appropriate vaccinations if going Lijiang.

If you have all the normal ones (DTP, MMR, Hep B), you are probably OK, especially if you are sticking to the tourist places. If you want to be safer, you can get typhoid, Hep A and flu vaccinations. Maybe rabies if you think you may be going to rural places and have contact with animals. No need to bother with the mosquito-borne diseases. I doubt you will need anything else.

You can check with a travellers' clinic, I guess.

Coolkidsrock2:

Any recommendation for the appropriate vaccinations if going Lijiang.

sean wife:

Anyone has any insight?

sosomum:

thanks for all the advise. Dnls_mum has given me great assurance, i may do it with some other friends than my family cos the latter is more \"fussy\", :xedfingers: I think Yunan is a beautiful place.

Shopping wise, well, i bought \"over-priced\" souvenirs/silks..etc in beijing. I do not mind to \"spend\" in yunnan as I heard that they depends heavily on tourism and they are simpler than in cities ?? :scratchhead: